Government And Politics

Government and politics isn’t

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Government and politics isn’t like a reality TV show. It’s not about voting the bad guys out of the house. You know, it’s about what do we need to take our country or our state or our city forward? And people, frankly, would be well advised to really get back into understanding politics. Campbell Newman

It may be better

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It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. C. S. Lewis

Of all tyrannies a

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis

Of all tyrannies, a

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own … Read more

I always believe that

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I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. Barack Obama

It will be of

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It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that … Read more

The prestige of government

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The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this. … Read more

Nothing is more destructive

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Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Albert Einstein

We hang the petty

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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop